Teal Paddles - Shellane Woodworking
Phone: 1-705-647-6205
Fax: 1-705-647-4649
tealinaround@yahoo.com

There are several different methods of paddle sizing. The easiest is to stand the paddle vertically with the blade tip resting on the foot. The hand grip should come between your mouth and nose.

Trying out several different sizes of paddles while sitting in the canoe is another reliable way of deciding which size suits you. If your paddle is hitting the canoe gunnels when you're paddling, then it is too short for you.

Russell's preferred way of measuring a paddle for shaft length is to hold your arms above your head bent 90 degrees at the elbows. Holding the paddle in your hands, you should be gripping the hand grip in one hand and just above the blade at the throat of the paddle in the other hand. If your elbows are at a 90 degree angle, that is the shaft length for you.

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How to Install a Yoke

Our yokes are 40 inches long.  Most canoes need a 36 inch yoke.  Therefore our yokes will need to be trimmed 2 inches from each end.  There are several ways to attach the yoke to the canoe.

1. Use the existing mounting system if you are replacing a yoke.
2. Some canoe companies bolt the yoke in through the side walls.
3. Some canoe companies use their gunnels as an attachment bracket, however consult with the manufacturer as to the strength of their gunwale.
4. A piece of 1" aluminum angle iron can be bolted to the side of the canoe and to the yoke.  Holes will have to be drilled in the angle iron and the yoke and then bolted together.

***Please check with the manufacturer of your canoe for their recommendations.

Shellane Woodworking
Russell and Audrey Shelton
R.R.#1
New Liskeard, Ontario
P0J 1P0
Phone: 1-705-647-6205
Fax: 1-705-647-4649
E-mail: tealinaround@yahoo.com